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Double Homicide at Days Inn in Aiken County Under Investigation

A double homicide at a Days Inn hotel in Aiken County late Saturday night is under investigation. Deputies were called to the hotel on Columbia Highway North in Aiken at…

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A double homicide at a Days Inn hotel in Aiken County late Saturday night is under investigation.

Deputies were called to the hotel on Columbia Highway North in Aiken at 11:10 p.m. after shots were fired.

When they arrived, deputies found two black males dead in one of the rooms.  Both had been shot at least one time.

Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables has identified one of the victims as 39-year-old Barry Redding.  The other victim's name is being withheld pending notification of family members.  Autopsies will be performed Wednesday in Newberry.

The Aiken County Sheriff's Office is asking for any information that could lead them to the killer or killers.

Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.